theHumps

theHumps whats up man? Yes it has been a while good to see some of the originals still around. Had a battle with Cancer but cancer free now so time to get back to looping. Been playing around with this for about 9 months as I try and get the groove back. Thanks for stopping by and leaving those great comments. Appreciated! Did't mean to chill your coffee but damn just happened to my cup!! Thanks again for stopping by. Got two potentials in the can. Stay tuned! Take Care Filãofsoul

Hi. Thx. Maybe is true. Thx for listening.

Thanks so much, Wayne, and I'm sure Franco appreciates your best wishes. He's still recovering and even back to work (although not too happy about it!) Our projects may be slowing down, but we'll keep going as long as we can. Franco, Scott, Dan and I have a project about to begin in a couple days.

Ciao,
M.

I play the all piano and keys on my tracks. Thanks for checking it out and leaving a comment.

Ronabo

Hey Wayne my man!
Thanks for your interests in the track my friend.Yes the bass is a very abused instrument in the big world :) ,most great bands have great bass players and the bass line is so important to harmony.Example;if the guitarist is playing a C chord and the bass plays an A root note,we are now in Aminor. :)

Hi. Thanks for your comments , yes i like to play tuned down half a step..I haven't planned on adding some bass but if you want to go ahead and send back to me that would be cool. Thanks for your tip with Audacity i'm making better mixes each time i use it..

Thanks Wayne, appreciate your comments :)

Hi Wayne,

Yep, that's Scott! He's a bit self conscience about his vocalizing, but says he'll do more if it calls for it since it's gotten a good response on this one.

The guys all appreciate your always kind words. We're all setting up for our next track. Thanks again.

Ciao,
M.

HaHa....it seems I will never get rid of "Orlando The Singer" fans...now I should even switch to yodeling...haha!

Nice to have you here again my friend and I'm so pleased I have the power to control your pulse...it's just that I don't know what your doctor will say...haha!
I agree on your political and cultural observation of Tibet
and I'm even more excited on your thoughts about my mucic
and for getting the 'fav' ofcourse...thank you so much my
friend!:)

With much appreciation______Orlando

Great inspiring comments from you Wayne as always my friend!The main guitar is a gibson j45 acoustic which i used for all the melody/harmony parts.The intro vamp was on a strat middle pickup set ultra clean.

Enjoy spring,enjoy the golf!:) Rhodesy

Hi. Thx for listening. It would be awesom have it tour on Florida. ;))

I have a recollection of an early morning close encounter with some deer as well. This while camping once with some other summer campers. But wow - 15 minutes is a long stare! Anyway - I'm really happy if you connected with the track. Best regards - Dan

Thank you Wayne for your time you invest into listening and for your friendly words.
Burt is so creative since he startet to make one cbg after the other :) so don't stop him until we finished our album :)
His cbg's have so a nice kind of sound like he recorded them in a small, abandoned hut, somewhere in the deep swamp. Just a gloomy sound like from another world :)

stay tuned
joe

Yes, I've been working with Pro Tools since LE 6.9 :) So it was fairly easy to get used to, which I definitely like a lot. And because I got the student edition (full version but just cheaper for students), I only paid 300 for it! So I don't mind it at all!

Brado

Yo. Mr Wayne.

Yes, a surprise to see you doing an 8 min song. No doubt because you just had to tell the whole story. I don't know how long the original Dylan song is.

I have been making a determined effort to do shorter stuff and have had some definite success, such as 3 tracks under 4 mins in the last month or so.

Yes, I certainly do hear the Sabbath in this though only realised it after everyone else pointed out. Something to do with the slower tempo and how I hit one big euphoric chord.

"The pad that slowly comes in is cool"

That's the sort of thing that Sabbath never did, as far as I'm aware. Big chill in this if you remove the guitar. Actually you can hear that in the last minute or so.

"Even though this probably worked well with the other track"

It was OK but a bit of an unnecessary ending. Far too good to be somewhat hidden away at the end of a long one.

"Good build ups and transitions throughout the track."

Yes, it has a very "musically healthy" waveform ie lots of dynamics and peaks and troughs. Not just copied and pasted, incessant stuff (even though I always do a lot of copying and pasting) but more like a live band.

BPM here is 100 throughout though I think the drum track is playing at half tempo so I guess it's 50.

"The slower songs bring out lots of emotion in guitar playing"

Yes, my instrument playing is best suited to slow and medium tempo stuff. I'm not a good fast player though I can sometimes knock out some short bursts of rapid badassery.

"kick drums at about 1:10 was cool as #####"

Glad you noticed as there's so method behind that. Previously, the drum groove has been open and sparse to allow big chords and some pads to flow. They are punctuated by particular drum fills for excitement. But, before it goes massive and heavy on 1:17 I know that I want to build up to that so that double kick work did the job very well. Putting them in before interfered with the groove but it makes sense when I then go into something heavier.

This is the skill of carefully arranging your drum movement and having a purpose behind each fill and cymbal hit and so on. You've go to remove drum work that interferes with top layers whilst also working out how you can use the drums to build up excitement in all the right places.

Thanks very much for the thoughts.

Ha ha... I've had several strangers, friends and family all tell me I need help recently. I've been there, and done that... been there don't want to go back. I just need to protect myself from the brain degeneration which seems to be afflicting everyone. If I remember my lessons learned, then I'll be as safe as anyone.

Hope that like the new version of this track. None of the performances were changed, only a slight stripping down and some remixing/mastering. Some people seem to think the vocals have a dull sheen... I think this is probably due to two things: I was in a lower register than I have been recently, and it was intentional... and this is the first time I've used a new microphone I got, it's an old EC-5 superscope. I actually really like the sound of it! Sounds like you have a similar condition to me. I have had more head injuries than I can remember, all the way back to three years old. I'm sorry you don't feel your feet, that sucks. I have more trouble with visual memory on a normal day, but those seizures are not fun. Thank you for taking a listen! Have a great day!

hello Wayne, good to see you again, Im happy you had a chance to hear this particular one! Yes, it is a result of learning new things and exploring possibilities of my new equipment as I am slightly gravitating towards another musical directions and techniques I guess. It is not to say that I will be making proper House genres from now as I am more interested in ambient or gentle electronic.
I will be using hardware a lot but I won't be producing music at the same speed as before - I had to slow down my looperman activity last months due to real life commitments. It is because there is a lot to learn about synths as well and it seems like there is so much to explore regarding to sound-design territories and synthesis ahead. Here I am using modyfied presets of Blofeld basically. There is a sequence of chords repeated 4 times throughout and I am really keeping everything organized here by building everything around this sequence. I do not now how much this is noticable - probably not so much at first listening, especially when just playing this along other looperman tracks. It is simply quite different and somehow more difficult track to percieve from others, I guess. As you say: more dark and probably less 'entertaining'. I would say it is a meditative music as it was created in few moments of increased attention and clarity of the mind, which is not always easy to achieve.
Thank you for listening to my music and your support!
Best, Alex

Yowzer Wayne!Thanks for those inspired words.

Hi there Wayne!

First of all, thanks for listening and your reply. Secondly, I really need to start finding out the meaning of "clever" in a musical context :-). I am from Amsterdam, so English is not my native language.

The whistling is not something I did myself. I used it as an acapella which was dropped here at looperman. The poster was quite clear in not mentioning name, and didn't want any feedback either. So, of course I respect that and that's why I didn't mention it.

I have now second thoughts about the use of Shamoozey's line in a second voice. I received quite some advice to take it out...

Anyway, thanks again. Much appreciated.

Doc

Thank you so much! He's doing well right now, thanks. Definitely love that we go to do it.

Thank you, appreciate it. I am actually working on more tracks, I got a drummer and a bass player who are into this so we will do more. It is exactly as you said, I love hiphop and blues, rock, but I prefer it to be played with real instruments, and add a bit of electronic stuff. I would love to have someone make effects for us using a turntable though, that would be cool :)

Hi man. Thanks for listening and for your lovely comments. It has actually inspired me to rework a track I've been struggling with for a while now. So I'm pretty happy now :)

Thanks again,

TA

You're right, Wayne, this one was hard to pin a genre to. Rock is a good catch-all, though.

We all thank you so much for your compliment. We all love making music and words like yours just make it all worthwhile.

Ciao,
M.